The ED White Commanders are taking a road trip to face off against the Oakleaf Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
ED White's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Sandalwood 33-0 on the road. Given the Commanders' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 168th, while the Saints are ranked 374th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Rontrez Loyd went supernova for ED White, rushing for 132 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries. King Boylston was another key player, throwing for 191 yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, ED White was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 278 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Meanwhile, Oakleaf took their match on the road on Monday with ease, bagging a 44-0 win over First Coast. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Knights just coasted through the last quarter.
The victory made it two in a row for ED White and bumps their season record up to 5-2. As for Oakleaf, their record now sits at an identical 5-2.
ED White ended up a good deal behind Oakleaf in their previous meeting back in September of 2019, losing 26-7. Can ED White avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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